The Division of General Medicine, Section of Palliative Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is recruiting a board-certified/board eligible Hospice Palliative Medicine (HPM) physician to join our growing palliative care program. The interdisciplinary program includes physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers and a chaplain. The team works closely with Hematology-Oncology, Hospital Medicine, the Internal Medicine residency and the Pain Service in providing clinical care as well as education. The Section of Palliative Medicine has been providing clinical care to hospitalized patients and bedside education to medical house staff for over 17 years. We have been actively building an outpatient palliative care program since 2013 and our busy clinic continues to grow. In conjunction with the Boston Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, and Harvard Medical School, our multi-campus Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship will host two fellows in July 2018.

The selected candidate will join the inpatient consultation team in providing clinical care to patients referred for complex symptom management, challenges in coping, and facilitation of decision-making in the setting of serious illness. In addition to bedside teaching to teams who refer patients, the role of physician educator will include didactic education for HPM fellows, Internal Medicine house staff, anesthesia pain fellows and other trainees who rotate with the palliative care service. There are opportunities to participate in or lead quality improvement projects, develop educational interventions and collaborate with the Section of Research and the selected candidate will be expected to actively participate in these activities. In addition to clinical duties, this Physician Educator will be encouraged to take on administrative or educational leadership responsibilities within the program and demonstrate a record of scholarly activity as documented through invited lectures, curricular development or publications. The program will provide mentorship to facilitate the candidate in formulating and meeting these goals.

A Harvard appointment will be offered commensurate with academic qualifications. The qualified candidate will possess broad clinical knowledge, experience in palliative care, excellent interpersonal communication skills, and a passion for interdisciplinary team collaboration in expanding palliative activities throughout the institution. This role is an employment model position in the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (HMFP).

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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About Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

"To advance the delivery of high quality palliative care services for all BIDMC patients facing serious illness and their loved ones. This will be achieved through direct care, education and support of colleagues, and scholarly endeavors within and beyond the medical center.”